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johnson insisted he learned english. he brought a textbook and every day before and after school he and coronado would sit on the steps of a school and coronado says -- johnson would pronouns, i would repeat, johnson would spell and i would repeat. i think lyndon johnson cared about civil-rights. the second part of your question, how did he get kennedy -- it takes a lot of pages in this book to talk about all the things he does but the thing he does on the instant, this bill appears to be totally dead. he says didn't someone file a discharge petition? discharge petition had been filed -- this bill was in a committee that was never going to let it out. wasn't even the senate. still in the house rules committee which was shared by judge howard w. smith and would even give a date. the bill was going nowhere. johnson remembers someone filed a discharge petition to take away from that committee. that was -- a discharge petition ever -- never passed. violation of house rules and no president had ever gotten behind one before.
johnson insisted he learned english. he brought a textbook and every day before and after school he and coronado would sit on the steps of a school and coronado says -- johnson would pronouns, i would repeat, johnson would spell and i would repeat. i think lyndon johnson cared about civil-rights. the second part of your question, how did he get kennedy -- it takes a lot of pages in this book to talk about all the things he does but the thing he does on the instant, this bill appears to be...
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i talked to everyone who was with lyndon johnson in the hospital still alive, in boston with lyndon johnson. congressman jack brooks. lyndon johnson's devoted secretary, kennedy's secretary, they're always seemed to be other sources that have been overlooked. when i was doing this suddenly i came across a fact. a secret service regulations that if you were a member of the presidential or vice-presidential detail and there was an incident involving the president or vice president or the assassination was an incident, if there was an incident you had to at the first available opportunity type up a report with every detail you remember as chief of the secret service. i asked the secret service -- never got a reply but in the johnson library, forty-four million documents and i went to the chief archivist and said the there exist in this library those secret service reports and she said yes. and suddenly delivered to my desk 23 secret service men in that motorcade and also were involved in dallas that day. also a reports and they were bound in a volume that is called not a formal volume but a ca
i talked to everyone who was with lyndon johnson in the hospital still alive, in boston with lyndon johnson. congressman jack brooks. lyndon johnson's devoted secretary, kennedy's secretary, they're always seemed to be other sources that have been overlooked. when i was doing this suddenly i came across a fact. a secret service regulations that if you were a member of the presidential or vice-presidential detail and there was an incident involving the president or vice president or the...
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johnson gets the news. he says to mcnamara essentially bob, get some people to find out whether this is a real attack or just a false report. so at the pentagon mcnamara's people are analyzing this, it's just false intelligence or was there a real attack. in late in the afternoon mcnamara calls johnson and says we've got a real problem. the ap has gotten a story that there has been an attack on an american ship. and johnson and the pentagon are concealing this for political reasons so they don't have to do anything about it. and johnson was in the middle of the campaign against goldwater, and his reaction essentially was i cannot afford to keep this process going and continuing to analyze, i better -- bomb the hell out of the north vietnamese tonight. and so he went on television that evening saying that he was reacting to an attack am not an alleged attack against an american ship, the first big bombing of north vietnam. and the weeks that followed, there were a number of lapses within the south vietnamese
johnson gets the news. he says to mcnamara essentially bob, get some people to find out whether this is a real attack or just a false report. so at the pentagon mcnamara's people are analyzing this, it's just false intelligence or was there a real attack. in late in the afternoon mcnamara calls johnson and says we've got a real problem. the ap has gotten a story that there has been an attack on an american ship. and johnson and the pentagon are concealing this for political reasons so they...
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president, lyndon baines johnson. his latest book is the fourth in a truly monumental series about johnson. it is titled "the passage of power the years of lyndon johnson." it is one of the most exacting, and at the same time, vividly recounted as a narrative story, believe about an individual, illustrative of our complex political life, and a model of how history can be rewritten when you do a detailed research and yet, still have that old classic magic which is telling their good story that draws you in. ladies and gentlemen, one of the great storytellers of america, robert caro. [applause] .. when winston churchill was writing his great biography of his ancestors someone asked him how he was coming along and he said i am working on the fifth of a projected four volumes. i am not comparing myself to winston churchill but in regard to the lyndon johnson biography we are sort of in the same boat. i have been writing about lyndon johnson so long sometimes people ask me don't you get bored? the answer is the very opposi
president, lyndon baines johnson. his latest book is the fourth in a truly monumental series about johnson. it is titled "the passage of power the years of lyndon johnson." it is one of the most exacting, and at the same time, vividly recounted as a narrative story, believe about an individual, illustrative of our complex political life, and a model of how history can be rewritten when you do a detailed research and yet, still have that old classic magic which is telling their good...
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johnson gets the news. he says to mcnamara essentially bob, get some people to find out whether this is a real attack or just a false report. so at the pentagon mcnamara's people are analyzing this, it's just false intelligence or was there a real attack. in late in the afternoon mcnamara calls johnson and says we've got a real problem. the ap has gotten a story that there has been an attack on an american ship. and johnson and the pentagon are concealing this for political reasons so they don't have to do anything about it. and johnson was in the middle of the campaign against goldwater, and his reaction essentially was i cannot afford to keep this process going and continuing to analyze, i better -- bomb the hell out of the north vietnamese tonight. and so he went on television that evening saying that he was reacting to an attack am not an alleged attack against an american ship, the first big bombing of north vietnam. and the weeks that followed, there were a number of lapses within the south vietnamese
johnson gets the news. he says to mcnamara essentially bob, get some people to find out whether this is a real attack or just a false report. so at the pentagon mcnamara's people are analyzing this, it's just false intelligence or was there a real attack. in late in the afternoon mcnamara calls johnson and says we've got a real problem. the ap has gotten a story that there has been an attack on an american ship. and johnson and the pentagon are concealing this for political reasons so they...
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happened his party was in power, johnson, but he supported johnson on vietnam. he later said that he regreeted that, that he wished when johnson asked him about vietnam he would have told him that he was against the war. publicly, bob was doing his best at the 68 convention to get all of the votes that humphries needed to support the vietnam plank, and so he was always behind his candidate first and foremost, and he real put his own political public policy ideals second. johnson intimidated him. that was another reason. he used to say that he would never let -- after he didn't tell johnson the truth about vietnam, he decided to tell the president the truth if asked. it turns out that almost every president after johnson did ask him for advice at one time or another, and incoming reagan even though he was in the carter administration and run carter's campaign against rage p. nancy reagan arranged for strauss and the former secretary of state, republican bill rogers, to sneak into the white house one evening. they went in through the treasury building, the undergr
happened his party was in power, johnson, but he supported johnson on vietnam. he later said that he regreeted that, that he wished when johnson asked him about vietnam he would have told him that he was against the war. publicly, bob was doing his best at the 68 convention to get all of the votes that humphries needed to support the vietnam plank, and so he was always behind his candidate first and foremost, and he real put his own political public policy ideals second. johnson intimidated...
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it's written by former new mexico governor, gary johnson. and he is also the libertarian party nominee for president in 2012. governor john said, when and why did you leave the republican party and become a libertarian? >> you know, i've probably been a libertarian my entire life. this is just kind of coming out of the closet. i don't think i am unlike most americans. i think there's a lot more americans in this country that declare themselves libertarians as opposed to voting libertarian. so the picture and trying to make right now is vote libertarian with me this one time. give me a shot at changing things. and if it does somewhere, you can always return to tyranny and i'm going to argue that so so we have right now. >> what are the seven principles of good government you read about? >> one as being reality-based. just find out what his wife, base your decision inactions i'm not. make sure everybody that knows -- that should know what you're doing, knows what you're doing, so communicate. don't hesitate to deliver bad news. there's always
it's written by former new mexico governor, gary johnson. and he is also the libertarian party nominee for president in 2012. governor john said, when and why did you leave the republican party and become a libertarian? >> you know, i've probably been a libertarian my entire life. this is just kind of coming out of the closet. i don't think i am unlike most americans. i think there's a lot more americans in this country that declare themselves libertarians as opposed to voting...
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gary johnson is doing his part. many libertarians disagree that a candidate, even a libertarian leanings one would be able to be true to his principles. so stacked against the principles of liberty, the inertia that is involved, many people become disenfranchised. ready to focus more on education, persuasion, and getting people to be self-reliant, take care of themselves so that they're not dependent upon the government to be that of others focusing so much in the presidential election will have a significant a consequentia of comfort liberty. even if we get someone like ron paul r. gary johnson involved other than simply spreading the message, having a bully pulpit, finding ways to present issues to people and get them to think about liberty, not necessarily to legislate liberty or the city of order, opposed the ready, but to have avenues by which we can spread the message more effectively. >> you read about natural law in this book. >> natural law is an easy turn to use to people who are not religious, who believe
gary johnson is doing his part. many libertarians disagree that a candidate, even a libertarian leanings one would be able to be true to his principles. so stacked against the principles of liberty, the inertia that is involved, many people become disenfranchised. ready to focus more on education, persuasion, and getting people to be self-reliant, take care of themselves so that they're not dependent upon the government to be that of others focusing so much in the presidential election will...
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i'm running for vice president with governor gary johnson. it's amazing because from a totally different perspective has come out to pretty much the same analysis i have on all of these important issues like education. today, the tiger wearing and i like it, by the way. you choose how much is spent, where to go, what to buy. that is how we get reasonable goods for reasonable prices. education is different from that. education is spent from the top of the compass of the federal government spends all this money, keeps a bunch and give it to the state to their administrative costs and then give it to school districts. they use a lot of administrative cost and then it finally gets to the teacher. well, it is a working. today's schools are failing children. if you allow to be funded from the bottom-up, like your tie your shoes or anything else, that gives the parents the ability to decide where and how children should be educated and they will then be up to take their child to the school that best meets the child's needs and that will result in ex
i'm running for vice president with governor gary johnson. it's amazing because from a totally different perspective has come out to pretty much the same analysis i have on all of these important issues like education. today, the tiger wearing and i like it, by the way. you choose how much is spent, where to go, what to buy. that is how we get reasonable goods for reasonable prices. education is different from that. education is spent from the top of the compass of the federal government spends...
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in a color ravenel the governor johnson and i and the campaign endorsed the same thing in the state of washington that talks about this. thank you for this other book as well. sure, you know, again the drugs are here to stay so i agree children should not be doing this but i ask today what is easier for you to get, marijuana or alcohol? ask the first teenagers you find they will tell you it's easier for me to get marijuana. why? the dealers don't ask for i.t. to read today think about it the biggest oxymoronic of our lives today is the term controlled substances. why? as soon as you prohibit something you give up your control with regard to place of sale or click your quality or price or age restriction that is abandoned to the bad guys, the mexican drug cartels. most juvenile games have the biggest source of revenue from what sale of illegal drugs let's cripple the drug cartels and juvenile gangs. regulate marijuana like wine is the place to start. >> would you have marijuana etc. sold in the retail stores? >> treated like wallen and that is the answer for most questions. if you grow
in a color ravenel the governor johnson and i and the campaign endorsed the same thing in the state of washington that talks about this. thank you for this other book as well. sure, you know, again the drugs are here to stay so i agree children should not be doing this but i ask today what is easier for you to get, marijuana or alcohol? ask the first teenagers you find they will tell you it's easier for me to get marijuana. why? the dealers don't ask for i.t. to read today think about it the...
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i am considering voting for gary johnson. libertarians are disenfranchised with the two-party system and are trying to find the best way to agitate. ron paul was great. gary johnson is doing his part that it many agree that he could be true to its principles once in the system because of the people are so stacked against them that we need to focus on persuasion and allow people to take care of themselves. i know focusing on the presidential election has that this outcome even with ron paul involved other than finding ways to present issues to think about liberty not to legislate or impose liberty but avenues to spread the message more effectively. >>host: why do you write about natural law? >> it is an easy term for those were not religious those to be freed from restraints in the right side come from the humanity so god has given us the rights. view talk to that acs is say different definition that the right soon come from us, not government. the fact we're human beings who are we are god's children, how the rights came to u
i am considering voting for gary johnson. libertarians are disenfranchised with the two-party system and are trying to find the best way to agitate. ron paul was great. gary johnson is doing his part that it many agree that he could be true to its principles once in the system because of the people are so stacked against them that we need to focus on persuasion and allow people to take care of themselves. i know focusing on the presidential election has that this outcome even with ron paul...
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mind you, '60s and early '70s -- into this political party so that alabamians could vote for lyndon johnson rather than george wallace and that the hundreds of thousands of newly-registered black voters would have people to vote for. could not just vote, but also run for office. and so that was his life's work, and he was very much committed to recapturing the greatness of african-americans in the terms of political participation. he was very steeped in the era of reconstruction because his grandfather had been a reconstruction legislator, and he grew up hearing about his grandfather, grandpa herschel, while he was coming of age in jim crow, and it radicalized him to be living under jim crow in alabama while hearing about the fact that black people used to actually have political power and be in office including his own family. >> well, who was herschel cashin? >> that was my great grandfather. handsome man, isn't he? [laughter] he was in our family lore, herschel cashin was the first black lawyer in the state of alabama and the architect of reconstruction, you know? i grew up listening to
mind you, '60s and early '70s -- into this political party so that alabamians could vote for lyndon johnson rather than george wallace and that the hundreds of thousands of newly-registered black voters would have people to vote for. could not just vote, but also run for office. and so that was his life's work, and he was very much committed to recapturing the greatness of african-americans in the terms of political participation. he was very steeped in the era of reconstruction because his...
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eisenhower and kennedy to a lesser extent, kennedy and johnson, johnson and nixon much lesser and carter reagan is phenomenal in that way and so on. skeel is a change of parties from democrat to republican that facilitated the changeovers well but kennedy's funeral is where they really got back together. they rode in the same car and i think they got along marvelously with each other. i guess maybe it's talking out of school but they both thought president kennedy's funeral was overdone, that it was too grand and eisenhower and truman said that and so when eisenhower was buried, this was a very simple funeral but it was deliberate on eisenhower's poor. eisenhower was buried in a g.i. casket, $98. there was no big parade and no morning and they body laid in state in the capitol and went back to abilene. i am sure you were there. >> one more thing about eisenhower and truman and that is i don't think any two presidents have more in common with each other than those two. they were different personalities that one can easily imagine harry truman in the abilene high school yearbook. you might
eisenhower and kennedy to a lesser extent, kennedy and johnson, johnson and nixon much lesser and carter reagan is phenomenal in that way and so on. skeel is a change of parties from democrat to republican that facilitated the changeovers well but kennedy's funeral is where they really got back together. they rode in the same car and i think they got along marvelously with each other. i guess maybe it's talking out of school but they both thought president kennedy's funeral was overdone, that...
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the republican president, president johnson, nixon, ford, reagan and george h. w. bush not for a single day had even a single house of congress from their own political party. ronald reagan did have the senate for four years but he never had a full congress that was republican. bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican but bill clinton was democrat. and you have fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for four to eight years. george bush scarcely had the best domestic legislative accomplishment that could rival lyndon johnson or to be fair richard nixon. perhaps the 2012 elections will generate a unified government that will pass its preferred programs but it would be foolhardy, most observers at this time is the more or less maintenance of the status quo in which barack obama will continue to occupy the oval office as the republicans continue to patrol by reversed number of the house of representatives with the senate at this time being up for grabs. so we should be open for the possibility that the current election will fit
the republican president, president johnson, nixon, ford, reagan and george h. w. bush not for a single day had even a single house of congress from their own political party. ronald reagan did have the senate for four years but he never had a full congress that was republican. bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican but bill clinton was democrat. and you have fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for four to eight years. george bush scarcely had the...
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unfortunately, lyndon johnson's doctors denied his request to meet the queen. richard nixon had been very eager to please the queen since their first meeting in 1957 when he gave her a book entitled the art of readable writing. in an effort to improve their public speaking. which had been criticized in the british press. nixon also hosted a stand-in or for prince philip in the white house, which prompted barbara walters to scold him for not including any women. nixon had princess anne and two children visit in washington, even trying to fix up his trials with his daughter, patricia, once of the prime minister's residence in the country, but he never managed to get the queen over here for a state visit. his successor was the ambitious post in 1976. he game this week against with the queen at the white house to the unfortunate choice of the lady is a champ. planning went somewhat awry, as it did at the british ambassador's reception for 1600 people during the washington leg of their tour. elizabeth was being trailed by tv cameramen with very big bright lights. wh
unfortunately, lyndon johnson's doctors denied his request to meet the queen. richard nixon had been very eager to please the queen since their first meeting in 1957 when he gave her a book entitled the art of readable writing. in an effort to improve their public speaking. which had been criticized in the british press. nixon also hosted a stand-in or for prince philip in the white house, which prompted barbara walters to scold him for not including any women. nixon had princess anne and two...
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he went down and lived around johnson city to kind of see in the early growing up years what lyndon johnson's life would have been like. each time he has gone further, he has done just detailed research from amazing amounts of research. so i think he is an excellent writer, and i was privileged to invite him to speak to a group of republican senators at one point. and he came and we had a very interesting back and forth. because the senators, of course were interested in the experiences that lyndon johnson had as majority leader, the tactics he used which are very different from any kind of leadership tactics that you would be able to talk about or actually do today. it's a different world. he was very for a strong leader, and also very demanding. so i think i would certainly recommend robert caro's book, and i know that his research is so good that you would enjoy reading it. another book that i have been beginning to read is a book by douglas brinkley. there wasn't a more well-known and loved person in an american news than walter cronkite. we love him come in texas. he went to the universi
he went down and lived around johnson city to kind of see in the early growing up years what lyndon johnson's life would have been like. each time he has gone further, he has done just detailed research from amazing amounts of research. so i think he is an excellent writer, and i was privileged to invite him to speak to a group of republican senators at one point. and he came and we had a very interesting back and forth. because the senators, of course were interested in the experiences that...
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and there's a college president, howard johnson. >> is that right? >> part of it is true. obviously all of what he described was true, but i think there was a lot more. i don't think that -- i didn't come away feeling worn down by the bleakness of it. i found it inspiring what people made up their lives despite everything and they did quite a lot. >> just to practice .1 step further, it struck me in reading it that by reducing the complexity because in a passage like that, and 750 word book review, it gives the impression that this is a kind of usual story, which is that it's all struggle and strike and these passing moments of brightness, but doom and gloom. >> as a person who writes about terrible things in the past, trust me well aware of how bad things get. but i thought, major story come is so rich and enveloping was that i'm making story within a broad sweeping context we were able to see the complexity. we were able to learn about individuals. we didn't have to read the text but version of this moment. we knew people by their names. we need their children, knew thei
and there's a college president, howard johnson. >> is that right? >> part of it is true. obviously all of what he described was true, but i think there was a lot more. i don't think that -- i didn't come away feeling worn down by the bleakness of it. i found it inspiring what people made up their lives despite everything and they did quite a lot. >> just to practice .1 step further, it struck me in reading it that by reducing the complexity because in a passage like that, and...
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kennedy, nixon, johnson, and so very, very different. so very, very different amibitions in terms of personal, and something which i think resonates so much with folks who are reading books today. 1948, a great cliffhanger, and we love to listen to the experts and get the weather reports, and they're always wrong, and the polls are always wrong, and the experts are always wrong, and by god we love it when we're smarter than they are, and it turns out we can look back in hindsight and see how wrong they were in 1948. and they saw that election night, and with the supreme court, people are reminded of the dewey defeats truman, and the chicago tribune, and knocks news, and cnn got the head lines wrong real quick. >> host: going back to 1920 hoover want to democrat. >> guest: he had been raised at a republican. there weren't a lot of democrats in his home town of west branch, iowa, and the only one he could remember was the town drunk, which was illustrative to him as to what the parties were about. always, -- also, he had been a progressive
kennedy, nixon, johnson, and so very, very different. so very, very different amibitions in terms of personal, and something which i think resonates so much with folks who are reading books today. 1948, a great cliffhanger, and we love to listen to the experts and get the weather reports, and they're always wrong, and the polls are always wrong, and the experts are always wrong, and by god we love it when we're smarter than they are, and it turns out we can look back in hindsight and see how...
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he tried to counsel johnson. certainly when my father came into office because he died only three months after my dad, presidency my father missed having that but again it's great to be with all the booklovers and i'm also among your ranks and now i turn it over to the author of the book. i am the helper and the assistant but is the one -- it's really his story, so david. [applause] >> it it's an honor indeed to be here at this book festival which is extraordinary if and to be in the presence with mr. smith who has done something i really admire and that is right and antithesis and that is synthesizing a military career and a political career all in one or her medical subject each. my efforts in this field were enumerated at the beginning of the program and i am proceeding at as much slower pace. actually the book that julie is referring to, "going home to glory" is about eisenhower's third career. he was an army general and then he was a president and he than he became a farmer. in gettysburg and my family, my f
he tried to counsel johnson. certainly when my father came into office because he died only three months after my dad, presidency my father missed having that but again it's great to be with all the booklovers and i'm also among your ranks and now i turn it over to the author of the book. i am the helper and the assistant but is the one -- it's really his story, so david. [applause] >> it it's an honor indeed to be here at this book festival which is extraordinary if and to be in the...
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that gave way to lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson got -- did know how to get out of it. that caused him as the presence. 19 safety, the counterculture movement took hold in america. richard nixon was able to exploit that appropriately to appeal to what he called the silent majority, build a base in the south as a result of the resistance of the civil rights movement. he gets elected president that gives us want to get it we have gerald ford and our national nightmare is over. we have jimmy carter who is struggling in the presidency, and out of the west comes ronald reagan who defines in his own way a modern republican conservative president, and rearranges the attitude about the role of the federal government. a lot of things happen as result of the assassination of john f. kennedy. >> host: for a new spaniard kind of a forrest gump career in many ways, didn't you? >> guest: i have, i have in a lot of ways. >> host: you were always there. >> guest: i've been in a lot of places but a lot of my friends have been as well. so as a dan rather by the way. he was in dallas when
that gave way to lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson got -- did know how to get out of it. that caused him as the presence. 19 safety, the counterculture movement took hold in america. richard nixon was able to exploit that appropriately to appeal to what he called the silent majority, build a base in the south as a result of the resistance of the civil rights movement. he gets elected president that gives us want to get it we have gerald ford and our national nightmare is over. we have jimmy carter...
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kennedy, johnson, nixon. when you think about the war and i think jean smith made a good point that eisenhower didn't believe in incremental steps in a war, he tried to counsel johnson. certainly when my father came into office, because he died only three months after my dad was in the presidency, my father missed having that voice. but again, it's great to be with all the booklovers. i am also among your ranks and now i turn it over to the author of the book, i am the helper and a system, but he is the one, it's really his story, so, david. [applause] >> it's an honor indeed to be here as this book festival, which is an extraordinary event, and being in the presence of jean smith has done something that rate -- that i really admire. that is, write a synthesis, and that is synthesizing a military career and a political career all in one, very formidable subject to each. my efforts in this field were enumerated at the beginning of the program, and i'm proceeding at a very much slower pace. actually in the book
kennedy, johnson, nixon. when you think about the war and i think jean smith made a good point that eisenhower didn't believe in incremental steps in a war, he tried to counsel johnson. certainly when my father came into office, because he died only three months after my dad was in the presidency, my father missed having that voice. but again, it's great to be with all the booklovers. i am also among your ranks and now i turn it over to the author of the book, i am the helper and a system, but...
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at the same time you're reading about the kennedy johnson interactions. because there is so much perception and emotional intelligence that is needed in the field of politics and reading people and all this, and this is something that our species has been evolving with for a long, long time now. and the final book is thomas keating. not a rigid, but promoting decentering prayer, a christian based meditation. a benedictine monk and really has wrote a lot about the importance of having some meditation connected to your religion and how that really deepens our connection to god and everything else. this book which is based on some conversations that he had. it's called a halt -- heartless. a beautiful book about christian meditation. we have a wide range of reading material this summer. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit book tv. >> this week a division of the book publisher penguin announce they're moving up their release date of mark owens firsthand account of the rate of osama bin laden's compound. mr. allen is a pen name
at the same time you're reading about the kennedy johnson interactions. because there is so much perception and emotional intelligence that is needed in the field of politics and reading people and all this, and this is something that our species has been evolving with for a long, long time now. and the final book is thomas keating. not a rigid, but promoting decentering prayer, a christian based meditation. a benedictine monk and really has wrote a lot about the importance of having some...
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. >> steven johnson is our guest next sunday on in death. he is looking at computer networking and politics. live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> host: joining us now is author diana furchtgott-roth and she has, in fact, several new books coming out in the summer of 2012. this is a small little book put out by encounter. "how obama's gender policies undermine america" first of all, diana furchtgott-roth, what is this supposed to represent. >> guest: is a short and easily red booklet. this one is about gender policy. >> host: another new book put out by american enterprise institute is "women's figures". >> guest: that is meant for the playboy crowd. [laughter] >> host: this is the book "women's figures: an illustrated guide to the economic progress of women in america." i think some of the ideas are the same in both of these. which is compared with men, women in 21st century america live five years longer, facing unemployment rates that are significantly lower, are awarded a larger share of high school diplomas, bas and a maze, and face lower
. >> steven johnson is our guest next sunday on in death. he is looking at computer networking and politics. live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> host: joining us now is author diana furchtgott-roth and she has, in fact, several new books coming out in the summer of 2012. this is a small little book put out by encounter. "how obama's gender policies undermine america" first of all, diana furchtgott-roth, what is this supposed to represent. >> guest: is a short and...
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kennedy, nixon, johnson, so very different. so different in terms of dynastic or just personal, and something which, i think resonates so much with the folks and reading books today. 1948, that is a great cliffhanger. we love to listen to the experts. we'd love to get the weather reports. and they are always wrong and the polls are always wrong, and the experts are always wrong, and by god, we love it when they are smarter than they are. it turns out that we can look back in hindsight and see how long they were in 1948. they saw that election night. the supreme court, we see that people are reminded of that truman thing with the supreme court health care nomination. we are not only the chicago tribune, fox news, but "the new york times", cnn -- they got the headline wrong really quick. >> david pietrusza, going back to 1920, herbert hoover 12 democratic primaries? two yes, new hampshire and michigan. he had some trouble deciding what he wants. he had been raised as a republican. there were not a lot of democrats in his hometown
kennedy, nixon, johnson, so very different. so different in terms of dynastic or just personal, and something which, i think resonates so much with the folks and reading books today. 1948, that is a great cliffhanger. we love to listen to the experts. we'd love to get the weather reports. and they are always wrong and the polls are always wrong, and the experts are always wrong, and by god, we love it when they are smarter than they are. it turns out that we can look back in hindsight and see...
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sarge was the founder of the peace corps and director of president lyndon johnson's office of economic opportunity. party attendees include chris dodd, representative steny hoyer . [inaudible conversations] >> i like her ankle on their. it's not marine or a camera. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> yeah, but not in new york a couple days. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> she was always very commit very gracious. >> thank you. i'll tell her you said hi. patrick graduated last friday from high school. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .mac [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> is so exciting. they always feel like your in a presidential campaign. >> i don't know. i've never run for president. and getting the book out, so that's good. [inaudible conversations] >> i can't wait to read it. >> thank you. i hope it's got some ideas and i
sarge was the founder of the peace corps and director of president lyndon johnson's office of economic opportunity. party attendees include chris dodd, representative steny hoyer . [inaudible conversations] >> i like her ankle on their. it's not marine or a camera. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> yeah, but not in new york a couple days. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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competition works such that governor johnson and i both say that we will bring back excellence to our schools within four years of installing this program. we mean it
competition works such that governor johnson and i both say that we will bring back excellence to our schools within four years of installing this program. we mean it
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the republican presidents since president johnson that is nixon, ford, reagean, george h. w. bush not for a single day had even a single house of the congress from their own political party. i'm sorry region had the senator. he never a full congress that was republican. bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican, but of course, bill clinton was a democrat and so you had fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for a total of a bit more of his four of eight years. bush scarcely has list domestic legislative accomplish thes -- perhaps the 2012 elections will generate a june fied government that will be able to pass the preferred programmings. but it would certainly be [inaudible] most likely according to most sobers that the time, is the more or less maintenance of the status quo. in which barack obama will continue to occupy the oval office, while the republicans don't control row number the house of representatives, the senate at this time. i think being up for grabs. so we should be open to the possibility the current election will fit t
the republican presidents since president johnson that is nixon, ford, reagean, george h. w. bush not for a single day had even a single house of the congress from their own political party. i'm sorry region had the senator. he never a full congress that was republican. bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican, but of course, bill clinton was a democrat and so you had fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for a total of a bit more of his four of eight...
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in-depth guest science and technology writer steven johnson outlines a model of political change in "future perfect." look for these titles in bookstores this coming week. and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. and on booktv.org. [applause] [applause] [cheering and applause] >> how are you guys doing? [applause] can you hear me? [applause] good! wow! this is so exciting! [cheering and applause] >> this is my very first book, and my very first and probably only book signing. this is so good. this is so good. well, you know, let me just say, i am so proud of this product. it is the book "american grown" is everything i would have imagined. i wanted the bock to be beautiful, and i think the pictures are absolutely beautiful. i could tell because when malia and sasha picked it up it's like mom, your book, how nice. they actually got pulled in bit pictures. they couldn't put it down and they started looking through and started actually reading it and eventually i got a thumbs up. so that's what we hope the book will be. i mean, the book is really not just the story of a wh
in-depth guest science and technology writer steven johnson outlines a model of political change in "future perfect." look for these titles in bookstores this coming week. and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. and on booktv.org. [applause] [applause] [cheering and applause] >> how are you guys doing? [applause] can you hear me? [applause] good! wow! this is so exciting! [cheering and applause] >> this is my very first book, and my very first and probably...
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and i want to see and reexported another book is by robert caro about lyndon johnson. [inaudible] in 1965, 47 years ago. to read his story and unbelievable ability to get things going is amazing. it's a big book. and it is almost too heavy to travel with. but i've been wanting to read it and that is a great book. there's another book that came out just a few days ago about the congress. that is dennis copeland, a great book about the congress and this is going to be a tough book to read. >> for more information on this and other er
and i want to see and reexported another book is by robert caro about lyndon johnson. [inaudible] in 1965, 47 years ago. to read his story and unbelievable ability to get things going is amazing. it's a big book. and it is almost too heavy to travel with. but i've been wanting to read it and that is a great book. there's another book that came out just a few days ago about the congress. that is dennis copeland, a great book about the congress and this is going to be a tough book to read....
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that's a quote from lyndon johnson. at some point we need a president, you know, that's going to make poverty a priority, and can nobody has done that since lyndon johnson even though we see the data every day about the trouble this democracy is in. >> host: finally, this tweet from john in north carolina referring back to your minimum wage proposal earlier. please raise the minimum wage to $10 or $22,000 a year. i have a couple of employees i need to unload anyway. talking as a small business owner. >> guest: he's being snarky there, i get that. >> guest: oh, i see that. of course, the minimum wage is not just for his precious workers, it's for workers across this country, so it might affect him adversely, but we're talking about workers across the board. we must say we make a big distinction between wall street and multi-national corporations as opposed to entrepreneurs and small business. if, in fact, small business people were treated in the way investment bankers are, traffic lights of dollars -- trillions of dolla
that's a quote from lyndon johnson. at some point we need a president, you know, that's going to make poverty a priority, and can nobody has done that since lyndon johnson even though we see the data every day about the trouble this democracy is in. >> host: finally, this tweet from john in north carolina referring back to your minimum wage proposal earlier. please raise the minimum wage to $10 or $22,000 a year. i have a couple of employees i need to unload anyway. talking as a small...
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. >> michael johnson. william johnson. arthur jones iii. charles jones. donald jones. judith jones. linda jones. robert thomas jordon. angry joseph. karl joseph. steven joseph. james josiah. karen juday. michael judge. bolger against. -- my father roberto hernandez. >> my nephew. they say time heals all wounds. it is not true. there is of the wade in our lives that will never be filled or healed. they may have silenced your voice but your infectious laugh will always be heard. your in our minds and hearts forever. god bless. >> sherry kendall. and then send keynes. sheldon cantor. charros. william cared. charles caspar. robert michael. edward kane. richard kane. we said griffin. carroll key sessler burma keating. brenda keebler. chandelier keller. joseph keller. peter keller men. john kelly. and my uncle and a loving uncle god bless him. >> for my identical twin twin, stephen coach, the bond that was created could never be destroyed by hatred but will live and endure. your smile and spirit continues to inspire family and friends and all those who knew you. to all of the 9/11 family'
. >> michael johnson. william johnson. arthur jones iii. charles jones. donald jones. judith jones. linda jones. robert thomas jordon. angry joseph. karl joseph. steven joseph. james josiah. karen juday. michael judge. bolger against. -- my father roberto hernandez. >> my nephew. they say time heals all wounds. it is not true. there is of the wade in our lives that will never be filled or healed. they may have silenced your voice but your infectious laugh will always be heard. your...
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johnson junior high, sancho seno high school. i don't think any of those schools still exist anymore in houston. c-span: what do you remember about your houston education? >> guest: there was--i had some wonderful teachers. i had some terrible teachers. it's--we--we also had racially segregated schools. the high school was strongly tracked. the kids who--some kids, like me, were put into the college track. others, the majority, were tracked into vocational programs or what they called at that time distributive education, where they were sent off to work for half the day. and a decision was made--as i show in this book, a decision was made pretty early on about which kids were going to be college bound and which were not. c-span: how was it decided that you were going to be college bound? >> guest: oh, i'm sure there were tests. they gave us all kinds of tests and--iq tests, aptitude tests. it was a lot of testing to track kids. what i found in my book was that the--the--these were all progressive movements. i mean, the--the great
johnson junior high, sancho seno high school. i don't think any of those schools still exist anymore in houston. c-span: what do you remember about your houston education? >> guest: there was--i had some wonderful teachers. i had some terrible teachers. it's--we--we also had racially segregated schools. the high school was strongly tracked. the kids who--some kids, like me, were put into the college track. others, the majority, were tracked into vocational programs or what they called at...
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, andrew from lyndon johnson's vantage point. and pretty interesting kind of hard-nosed politicians, both publicly and behind the scenes, jockeying for position throughout the primary election of 1960, events throughout the convention which is very, very interesting. the other book is the social conquests of earth by edward o. wilson which is basically how our species came to really rely on social interaction, emotional intelligence, and the way we communicate with each other, kind of build kind of the social networks that we have and how far back that goes. and that's a really interesting book to be reading at the same time you're reading about the kennedy-johnson interactions. because there's so much perception and emotional intelligence that is needed in the field of politics and reading people and all of this comes this is something that our species has been evolving with for a long, long time now. and then the final book is by father thomas keating called artfulness, and father keating is not originated by someone who really
, andrew from lyndon johnson's vantage point. and pretty interesting kind of hard-nosed politicians, both publicly and behind the scenes, jockeying for position throughout the primary election of 1960, events throughout the convention which is very, very interesting. the other book is the social conquests of earth by edward o. wilson which is basically how our species came to really rely on social interaction, emotional intelligence, and the way we communicate with each other, kind of build...
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senator johnson. good morning. >> good morning, and thank you, mr. chairman, and, you know, thank you for holding this hearing. i felt the best disinfectant is light of day, and explaning in front of a senate hearing is a good benchmark. senator collins, interesting, as i was briefed for this, looking through the materials, the thing that jumped at me was the -- have you seen the video by chance? i viewed that yesterday, and inspector general, i appreciate the fact your staff will let us release that. it's important, although we're not talking billions of dollars here, i think those antedoal examples of just outrageous spending by the federal government is important. it is important to note this is not just one conference. it was in 2010, $30,000 spent on time-temperature picture frames handed out to the participants. again, i appreciate that and look forward to the video being released. the american people need to see that abuse. you have canceled 47 conferences. can you tell me what the purpose of those conferences were and why were nay ever schedu
senator johnson. good morning. >> good morning, and thank you, mr. chairman, and, you know, thank you for holding this hearing. i felt the best disinfectant is light of day, and explaning in front of a senate hearing is a good benchmark. senator collins, interesting, as i was briefed for this, looking through the materials, the thing that jumped at me was the -- have you seen the video by chance? i viewed that yesterday, and inspector general, i appreciate the fact your staff will let us...
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, and really from lyndon johnson's vantage point, and pretty interesting kind of hard-nosed politics publicly and behind the scenes, jockeying for position throughout primary election in 1960 and throughout the convention, which is very interesting. the other book is the social conquest of the earth, by edward o. wilson, which is basically how our species came to rely on social interactions, emotional intelligence, and the way we communicate with each other and kind of build a social network, and how far back that goes, and that's a really interesting book to be reading at the same time you're reading about the kennedy/johnson interactions, because there's so much perception and emotional intelligence that's needed in the field of politics and reading people and all of this and this is something that our species has been evolving with for a long, long time now. and then the final book is by father thomas keeting, called heartfulness, and he is the -- not originator but someone who started to promote a christian-based meditation. has wrote about the importance of having some meditatio
, and really from lyndon johnson's vantage point, and pretty interesting kind of hard-nosed politics publicly and behind the scenes, jockeying for position throughout primary election in 1960 and throughout the convention, which is very interesting. the other book is the social conquest of the earth, by edward o. wilson, which is basically how our species came to rely on social interactions, emotional intelligence, and the way we communicate with each other and kind of build a social network,...
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johnson from louisiana? >> if it is a disaster to go over the fiscal clip, which we agree that it is, and if there is not time to deal with the grand bargain and the lame duck, the question is what we do in the lame-duck? that is the emergency now. do you agree with me that we can accomplish two things. first, get a goal as to deficit reduction, $4 trillion is what simpson-bowles has over nine or 10 years. secondly, did a matrix, a procedure by which the congress would act next year. .. let me tell you what i think is going to happen. i think there will be a much greater focus on this problem right after the election. there won't be time during the lame-duck to get any substantively done about it, but there will be a recognition that we have to move the class so so that we have time to deal with it and deal with it can affect that an orderly way and i think that is what is going to happen. >> bob. >> yacht, jan, i wrote an op the net for "wall street journal." i agree with jim. y'all know far more about the
johnson from louisiana? >> if it is a disaster to go over the fiscal clip, which we agree that it is, and if there is not time to deal with the grand bargain and the lame duck, the question is what we do in the lame-duck? that is the emergency now. do you agree with me that we can accomplish two things. first, get a goal as to deficit reduction, $4 trillion is what simpson-bowles has over nine or 10 years. secondly, did a matrix, a procedure by which the congress would act next year. .....
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the 60's mind you, and early 70's into his political party, so that alabamians could vote for lyndon johnson rather than george wallace and the hundreds of thousands of newly registered by voters would have people to vote for. not just vote but run for office and so that was his life's work and he was very much committed to read capturing the greatness of african-americans in terms of the political participation and very steeped in the arab reconstruction. his grandfather had been a reconstruction legislator and he grew up hearing about his grandfather, grandpa herschel while he was coming up aging jim crow and have radicalized him to be living under jim crow in alabama while hearing about the fact that black people used to actually have a lyrical power and be in office including his own family. >> who was herschel cashin? >> that was my great-grandfather. a handsome man. in our family laure herschel cashin was the first black lawyer in the state of alabama and the architect of reconstruction. i grew up listening to my father repeat this over and over and my eyes would roll. in this book i g
the 60's mind you, and early 70's into his political party, so that alabamians could vote for lyndon johnson rather than george wallace and the hundreds of thousands of newly registered by voters would have people to vote for. not just vote but run for office and so that was his life's work and he was very much committed to read capturing the greatness of african-americans in terms of the political participation and very steeped in the arab reconstruction. his grandfather had been a...
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johnson. and why it was important. and the first african-american to be admitted into the university of mississippi. even a retired general tried. uncle sam shows protecting him and he gave the boy ase ase bank on the bottom for not allowing him to go to the university. political cartoons depend on comment imagery. and was a cartoonist 3256 and the only female cartoonists in the country. with dead donkey as a democrat party and they are pulling the party into different directions. the takes of physical feature to exaggerate. using the analogy socialism is like a lie yen getting detailed clipped with their reflection on world war ii but what the average person and thought about the issues of the day. the open 100 years there the primary sources from any given place in time >> homicide rate since rule were to is the answer best to this question to you believe the public officials are on this? wind answered yes we don't kill each other and when we say no but it has been extraordinarily high blic offics are on this? wind a
johnson. and why it was important. and the first african-american to be admitted into the university of mississippi. even a retired general tried. uncle sam shows protecting him and he gave the boy ase ase bank on the bottom for not allowing him to go to the university. political cartoons depend on comment imagery. and was a cartoonist 3256 and the only female cartoonists in the country. with dead donkey as a democrat party and they are pulling the party into different directions. the takes of...
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if you want to understand yemen, johnson is a terrific guide. lived there for a long time, on the ground, speaks the language. he has trained our ambassadors going over to yemen. this is a poor country that has, as most people know, is a very big source for al-qaeda and for terrorism. it's the country you want to know about. >> david coleman. >> he's done a book called "the 14th day," and we're publishing that in october 2012. it's going to be an anniversary -- 50th anniversary for the cuban missile crisis. they know the book "the 13th day" and the movie, and david's question is how about the 14th day? the day of the cuban missile crisis. this is a book filled from the presidential tapes project at the university of virginia's miller center, transcripts from the kennedy white house about how kennedy managed the outcome making sure the missiles were removed from cuba to managing congress and the results of the crisis. >> what's mr. coleman's background? >> he's at the university of virginia, both history department and at the miller center. >> ho
if you want to understand yemen, johnson is a terrific guide. lived there for a long time, on the ground, speaks the language. he has trained our ambassadors going over to yemen. this is a poor country that has, as most people know, is a very big source for al-qaeda and for terrorism. it's the country you want to know about. >> david coleman. >> he's done a book called "the 14th day," and we're publishing that in october 2012. it's going to be an anniversary -- 50th...
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are named johnson. anyway, he starts to make a pompous speech, and he says nietzsche says, and then the character says, howard, blow it out your -- so that's kind of a throwaway line, assumes that nietzsche is so well known that -- >> sure, absolutely. >> say god is dead actually. >> sure. this is how we can know nietzsche is so conventional that he's, as i put it in an article i wrote, he's a conventional iconoclast. he's the quintessential iconoclast in american culture -- >> like einstein in a way, right? people know him or his image, but they don't know much about what his ideas -- >> sure. but already, and so, obviously, there are different kinds of sources, right? a nietzsche throwaway line in a movie you can't subject to the same kind of critical analysis as entire books that have been written about him. and in the book i try to look at all of those uses, i try to look at all the registers in which nietzsche crops up in our life, but i think even the throwaway lines, as you put it, or the throwaw
are named johnson. anyway, he starts to make a pompous speech, and he says nietzsche says, and then the character says, howard, blow it out your -- so that's kind of a throwaway line, assumes that nietzsche is so well known that -- >> sure, absolutely. >> say god is dead actually. >> sure. this is how we can know nietzsche is so conventional that he's, as i put it in an article i wrote, he's a conventional iconoclast. he's the quintessential iconoclast in american culture --...
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kennedy/johnson falls into that pat everybody, johnson/nixon to a much less. carter/reagan, of course, is phenomenal that way and so on. >> guest: don't forget there's a change of parties from democrat to republican, and that exacerbated the changeover as well. but it was at president kennedy's funeral that they really got back together. they rode in the same car, they had a drink before, and i think, i think they got along marvelously with each other there from everything i understand, and i guess it's not talking out of school, maybe it is talking out of school, but they both thought that president kennedy's funeral was overdone. .. >> i would say one more thing about eisenhower-truman. that is, i don't think any two presidents had more in common with each other than those too. they were different personalities but one can easily imagine harry truman in the abilene high school yearbook, he might have been wearing thick glasses, might have been holding of violent or him i'd been a piano player but he was a midwestern type and ike was a midwestern site. there
kennedy/johnson falls into that pat everybody, johnson/nixon to a much less. carter/reagan, of course, is phenomenal that way and so on. >> guest: don't forget there's a change of parties from democrat to republican, and that exacerbated the changeover as well. but it was at president kennedy's funeral that they really got back together. they rode in the same car, they had a drink before, and i think, i think they got along marvelously with each other there from everything i understand,...
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was lyndon johnson and mlk. barack obama said mlk given these milestone,s that emergency room cog dhash coming up. we see in the election opened up opportunities for all of us. especially those who write and agent and are active about issue. we see brother on television now we see different people. whether we degree disagree 0 with the new black faces peopled needed negro face in higher place. they're calling you. people were professor -- [inaudible conversations] what does it mean? space opened up. space opened up. what does it mean for us the milestones whrorntd obama gets reelected. the civil rights milestones. they were talking about how miseducated or no education. the 50th ankers anniversary. is going to have talk about king and civil rights. what can bedo? what is the opportunity that is there for us. >> one i think barack obama is going to win. mitt romney is justice sense of -- [inaudible] he is going to win. but for me, you know, it's the 41st anniversary of what's going on and raised a question. marvi
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which the deceased daniel patrick moynihan wrote for president johnson about the state of black america as we saw in 1964. then i thought about it today where we have 65% of blacks in prison. and i look back at the report and i thought it in 1964 when moynihan wrote this report to give it to president johnson, he said that the biggest thing that he saw, the crisis affecting black americans was the breakdown of the black family. because at the time, you had 23% of black americans being born into single parent households. today, that number i think that the civil rights crisis facing black americans today is crime and why so many of our black males are being put down. you should ask how are these people affecting that. because we are not going to -- we will not have the economic prosperity as are white, asian, until we deal with those two things. so i think this election should also be about the issues facing us as black americans. >> okay, it is now time to take questions from the audience. we would love for you to come up to the microphone and ask your question. i'm sure this would neve
which the deceased daniel patrick moynihan wrote for president johnson about the state of black america as we saw in 1964. then i thought about it today where we have 65% of blacks in prison. and i look back at the report and i thought it in 1964 when moynihan wrote this report to give it to president johnson, he said that the biggest thing that he saw, the crisis affecting black americans was the breakdown of the black family. because at the time, you had 23% of black americans being born into...
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their names were vice president lyndon johnson and margaret chase smith. margaret chase smith was once the longest serving woman in congress. i now hold that record. margaret chase smith from maine was a devotee of the space program. lyndon -- president kennedy set the goal. he gave it to lyndon, his vice president, to make the goal into a reality. he turned to congress, and margaret chase smith helped carry the weight of the congress to put in the right policies and the right funding. isn't that a wonderful story? and it's a wonderful story that we need to take with us, that when we work together with our president, when both parties work across the aisle, that's the new frontier, the new frontier that keeps america an exceptional nation. god bless our president kennedy. all of the astronauts that risked their lives and everyone who works to create these new frontiers. i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. franken: madam president?
their names were vice president lyndon johnson and margaret chase smith. margaret chase smith was once the longest serving woman in congress. i now hold that record. margaret chase smith from maine was a devotee of the space program. lyndon -- president kennedy set the goal. he gave it to lyndon, his vice president, to make the goal into a reality. he turned to congress, and margaret chase smith helped carry the weight of the congress to put in the right policies and the right funding. isn't...
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and also many time i asked, you know, president johnson and other people that to stop this war and to win this war. you have to go offensive. otherwise, if you continue to fight the war with so much limitations, you know, and always in the defensive, at the end of the day, you are going to lose. but for some reason, they never listen to me. oh, yes, one time the secretary said something to me like, if we go north, you know, the chinese may come south. and then for the american, they don't want to see, you know, a second korean war. so we always on the defensive, with so much limitation. >> let me interrupt, only because we're running out of time. the sandals versus the shoe steer was when you dropped your south vietnamese people dressed in the black pajamas in the north. >> mm-hmm. >> c.i.a.-led, c.i.a.-generated, and you said the c.i.a. misread the fact when they dropped people in in the north they had shoes on, but the north vietnamese wore sandals. >> yeah, well, what we learn later is that, you know, under the communist system, they recognized people and trained the people and hav
and also many time i asked, you know, president johnson and other people that to stop this war and to win this war. you have to go offensive. otherwise, if you continue to fight the war with so much limitations, you know, and always in the defensive, at the end of the day, you are going to lose. but for some reason, they never listen to me. oh, yes, one time the secretary said something to me like, if we go north, you know, the chinese may come south. and then for the american, they don't want...
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johnson. he really credited him with passing the civil rights bill and to sort of lead the other democrats on why they needed to pass it, why it was important. .. , this cartoon is about ann mulligan, a cartoonist from 1933 to 1956 and she was the only female editorial cartoonist in the country. and in this one she uses familiar -- thed -- they're both pull thing party in two different directions and the republicans are getting a laugh at it. >> also very important editorial cartoons, and it usually takes a physical feature and exaggerates it. here you know we see church chill with the cigar. always sort of using the analogy that socialism is like a lowon getting his tail clipped and now we're going to nip socialism one bit at a time. why we collect these materials is they give insight into what the average person thought about the issues of the day. so, we hope that in 100 years, when people look at the materials-these will be the primary sources they use in order to give context into any giv
johnson. he really credited him with passing the civil rights bill and to sort of lead the other democrats on why they needed to pass it, why it was important. .. , this cartoon is about ann mulligan, a cartoonist from 1933 to 1956 and she was the only female editorial cartoonist in the country. and in this one she uses familiar -- thed -- they're both pull thing party in two different directions and the republicans are getting a laugh at it. >> also very important editorial cartoons, and...